1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/savevm.c b/savevm.c
index a4cb3157bb..ca9e233c9a 100644
--- a/savevm.c
+++ b/savevm.c
@@ -1704,12 +1704,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription *vmstate_get_subsection(const VMStateSubsection
 static int vmstate_subsection_load(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
                                    void *opaque)
 {
-    const VMStateSubsection *sub = vmsd->subsections;
-
-    if (!sub || !sub->needed) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     while (qemu_peek_byte(f, 0) == QEMU_VM_SUBSECTION) {
         char idstr[256];
         int ret;
@@ -1731,7 +1725,7 @@ static int vmstate_subsection_load(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
             /* it don't have a valid subsection name */
             return 0;
         }
-        sub_vmsd = vmstate_get_subsection(sub, idstr);
+        sub_vmsd = vmstate_get_subsection(vmsd->subsections, idstr);
         if (sub_vmsd == NULL) {
             return -ENOENT;
         }
@@ -1740,7 +1734,6 @@ static int vmstate_subsection_load(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
         qemu_file_skip(f, len); /* idstr */
         version_id = qemu_get_be32(f);
 
-        assert(!sub_vmsd->subsections);
         ret = vmstate_load_state(f, sub_vmsd, opaque, version_id);
         if (ret) {
             return ret;
@@ -1764,7 +1757,6 @@ static void vmstate_subsection_save(QEMUFile *f, const VMStateDescription *vmsd,
             qemu_put_byte(f, len);
             qemu_put_buffer(f, (uint8_t *)vmsd->name, len);
             qemu_put_be32(f, vmsd->version_id);
-            assert(!vmsd->subsections);
             vmstate_save_state(f, vmsd, opaque);
         }
         sub++;